Is Ruth a new Dawn?

Is Ruth Jones, of Gavin & Stacey fame, in danger of becoming the new Dawn French, on tap whenever a jolly, buxom Mumsy figure is required on screen? Monkey asks because at Monday night's screening of the new BBC adaptation of Tess of the d'Urbervilles, in which Jones plays Tess's pushy mother, Joan, she jested about being able to reuse the same corset in her subsequent costume role, in Little Dorrit. "I loved the challenge of playing various roles, I'd love to do more dramatic roles," Jones said. Monkey thinks her fans would settle for a third series of Gavin & Stacey instead.